[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR20.305]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 20--BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart D--Filing
 
Sec. 20.305  Rule 305. Computation of time limit for filing.

    (a) Acceptance of postmark date. When these Rules require that any 
written document be filed within a specified period of time, a response 
postmarked prior to expiration of the applicable time limit will be 
accepted as having been timely filed. In the event that the postmark is 
not of record, the postmark date will be presumed to be five days prior 
to the date of receipt of the document by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. In calculating this 5-day period, Saturdays, Sundays and legal 
holidays will be excluded.
    (b) Computation of time limit. In computing the time limit for 
filing a written document, the first day of the specified period will be 
excluded and the last day included. Where the time limit would expire on 
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the next succeeding workday will 
be included in the computation.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105)